Health Benefits of Lemongrass

Lemongrass is beneficial to cope
with cough, cold and fever. However, it is also beneficial for our
health in many ways. Read on to know more about the health benefits
provided by lemongrass.

Rani hates to visit doctor and take medicines when she gets cough and cold. She prefers to treat her cough and cold with home remedies. She thinks that home remedies work better than other medicines. She has also experienced the magic of home remedies
many times. She believes that nothing can work better to treat cough
and cold than lemongrass tea. She learned to prepare lemongrass tea
from her grandmother who always used lemongrass to cure common health disorders.

Like Rani's grandmother, many such people make use of lemongrass to
cure health disorders. Many people grow this grass in their gardens so
that they can make use of it at the times of emergencies. This grass
has amazing medicinal properties and is used since ages. As this grass
helps to get rid of fever,
it is also know as fever grass. Its scientific name is cymbopogon and
it is also referred as citronella sometimes. Read on to know more about
the health benefits provided by lemongrass.

Health Benefits of Lemongrass

Have a quick look at how lemongrass can prove beneficial to cope with some health disorders.

Lemongrass can be included in diet in many ways. Many people make use of lemongrass oil
to add its flavour to food. It can also be consumed in form of tea by
boiling it with water and sugar. It gives a good flavour when added to
normal tea along with ginger.

You can also prepare an extraordinary and medicinal drink with
lemongrass. Just take few fresh strands of lemongrass, two to three
cloves, a small piece of cinnamon stick, and turmeric powder and boil
it with milk. After this mixture is properly boiled, drain it and drink
it when it cools down to get relief from cough and cold.

Lemongrass has antibacterial and antifungal
properties which help to deal with lot of health problems. It is the
herb which is used in many homes to cope mainly with cough, cold and
fever. However, lots of people are unaware that this wonderful herb can
provide lots of health benefits.

This amazing plant is easily available in market in dried as
well as fresh form. However, it is advisable to make use of fresh lemongrass. The best way to make it easily available is to plant in our own
garden and make use of it whenever needed. So as you know all the
qualities of this medicinal grass, store some of the strands in your
kitchen cabinet right away.

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Have you ever made use of lemon grass to treat cold and cough? Is there any other use of lemon grass apart from its medicinal uses? How do you prepare lemon grass remedies to cope with health disorders?

sam
yes it is very easy to prepare!...

akash
yes it is easy for prepare...

Kusum
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